If you recall, I said in my introduction of this series that unknown to many Christians, one critical essence of us being saved (born again or recreated) by God in Christ in this World is to DO the WILL of GOD in Christ for us, individually and collectively in this World. (Ephesians 2:8-10; Philippians 2:12,13; John 4:34).
Furthermore, I also informed you in part (2) of the series that the first characteristics of knowing and understanding the WILL of GOD in 2017 is that there will be a drive to SERVE God in it. That is, if you do not have the drive to SERVE God, then is not the WILL of GOD for you. True!
Today, I will be informing you of the second characteristics of knowing and understanding the WILL of GOD for you in 2017.
The second characteristics of knowing and understanding the WILL of GOD for you in 2017 is that:
There will be a drive to SERVICE to humanity in it.
Jesus Christ said thus:
I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the LIGHT of the WORLD. (John 9:4,5).
And the Bible reveals thus:
That is why Jesus Christ instructed thus:
You are the LIGHT of the WORLD. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light unto all that are in the house. Let your LIGHT so SHINE before men, that they may see your GOOD WORKS, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:14-16).
Apostle Peter said it this way:
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should SHOW FORTH the praises of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvellous light: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. (1 Peter 2:9,10).
Do you get it?
Now, know and note this that the WILL of GOD can only be fulfilled by conscious and consistent FAITH in God. True!
This is why the Bible reveals thus:
Now the JUST shall LIVE by FAITH: but if any man draw back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him. But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. (Hebrews 10:38,39).
It is only FAITH that pleases God and He rewards. True! The Bible reveals thus:
But without FAITH it is impossible to please Him: for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a REWARDER of them that diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6).
It is only FAITH that overcomes in Christ in this World. True! The Bible reveals thus:
For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that OVERCOMES the WORLD, even our FAITH. Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:4,5).
It is only FAITH that releases the GRACE of God. True! The Bible reveals thus:
Therefore it is of FAITH, that it might be by GRACE; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all. (Romans 4:16).
And Apostle Paul revealed thus:
Now to him that WORKS is the reward NOT reckoned of GRACE, but of DEBT. But to him that WORK NOT, but BELIEVES on him that justifies the ungodly, his FAITH is counted for righteousness. (Romans 4:4,5).
What is the point I am trying to drive home here?
It is that in 2017, your activities that will attract the GRACE (favour) of GOD and the REWARD of GOD to your life and affairs in 2017 will not necessarily be your regular work activities, but SERVICE to humanity that will require you to exercise your FAITH in God. True!
Therefore, you have to be sensitive to the leading of the HOLY SPIRIT in 2017, to know where to be, what to do and how to do it par time. (1 Corinthians 2:9-16).
It is only the leading of the HOLY SPIRIT that exposes you to responsibilities that will require your FAITH and the grace of God, which if you humbly and obediently carry out releases God's GRACE unto you. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
But if ye be LED of the SPIRIT, you are NOT under the law. (Galatians 5:18; James 4:6-10; Philippians 1:19).
If you not under the law, you are under GRACE. This is why the Bible reveals thus:
For as many as are LED by the SPIRIT of God, they are the sons of God. (Romans 8:14).
Do you get it?
Back from where we started from, as the LIGHT of the WORLD:
The true WILL of GOD for you in 2017 will have in it, SERVICE to humanity, shining the light of God in Christ through you into the darkness of the World by your GOOD WORKS, which God by His WILL has ordained for you in Christ in this World in 2017. True!
In other words, the true WILL of GOD for you in 2017 will turn on the LIGHT of Christ in and through you to SERVICE to humanity to overshadow the DARKNESS of selfish in the World.
Look out in 2017, areas within and outside your workplace, where the Holy Spirit of God will direct you to do SERVICE to humanity. Where He will instruct you to go the extra mile.
There lies you exercising your FAITH in God.
There lies GOD releases His GRACE unto you.
There lies GOD rewarding beyond your pay cheque and allowances. True!
The Bible assures thus:
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be you steadfast, immoveable, always abounding in the WORK of the LORD, forasmuch as you KNOW that your LABOUR is not in VAIN in the LORD. (1 Corinthians 15:58).
What an assurance? God is good!
However, if you are being paid for the SERVICE, you as a genuine Child of God in Christ in this World must understand that all that God ask you or permitted you do in this World must be born out from the mindset of SERVICE to humanity for Christ's sake. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
And whatsoever you DO in word or deed, do ALL in the name of the Lord JESUS, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. (Colossians 3:17).
Do you get it?
This why the Bible counsels thus:
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with EYE SERVICE, as MEN PLEASERS; but in singleness of heart, FEARING God: And whatsoever you do, DO it heartily, as TO the Lord, and NOT unto men; Knowing that of the Lord you shall RECEIVE the REWARD of the inheritance: for you SERVE the Lord Christ. But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. (Colossians 3:22-25).
Therefore, know and note this in 2017:
1. It cannot be the WILL of GOD for you, if you have to SIN to get it or get it done. True!
It must be sin free and SERVICE to humanity, even if you are being paid for it or not.
2. It cannot be the WILL of GOD for you, if you have to CHEAT or BRIBE to get it or get it done. True!
It must be sin free and SERVICE to humanity, even if you are being paid for it or not.
3. It cannot be the WILL of GOD for you, if you have to DISPLEASE God to get it or get it done.
It must be sin free and SERVICE to humanity, even if you are being paid for it or not.
4. It cannot be the WILL of GOD for you, if you have to LIE to get it or get it done.
It must be sin free and SERVICE to humanity, even if you are being paid for it or not.
5. It cannot be the WILL of GOD for you, if you have to LOSE your stand for Christ to get it or get it done.
It must be sin free and SERVICE to humanity, even if you are being paid for it or not.
In Matthew 5:14-15, Jesus Christ counselled that through our GOOD WORKS, we should SHINE as divine LIGHTS in the World.
We are expected to do good works that are the WILL of GOD for us in Christ in this World. True!
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to DO the WILL of Him that sent Me, and to FINISH His WORK. (John 4:34).
Do you get it?
God has saved you and I to do ordained and specific good works for Him in Christ in this World. True!
The Bible reveals thus:
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto GOOD WORKS, which God hath before ORDAINED that we should WALK in them. (Ephesians 2:10).
Likewise, God is keeping you and I to enter into 2017 and be alive in 2017 to do ordained and specific good works for Him in Christ in this World for 2017. True!
If you must identify them in 2017, you must look out for them, not necessarily in places of honour and opportunities of wages, but in places and opportunities where you have to carry out SERVICE to humanity. True!
Does it not amaze you that while the first and greatest commandment is love God with our whole heart, soul, mind and strength, the second is for you and I to love our neighbours as ourselves. (Mark 12:28-31).
Again, does it not surprise you that the Bible reveals that you and I are liars, if we say we love God, who we cannot see and hate our brothers and sisters, who we do see each day. (1 John 4:19-21).
This is because God cherishes humanity so much that He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, for her. Therefore, all that He (God) still does for us and through us is SERVICE to humanity.
The Bible reveals thus:
1 John: 3. 16. Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18. My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. (1 John 3:16).
Brother Jude put it this way thus:
And of some have COMPASSION, making a DIFFERENCE. (Jude 1:22).
We are called out from the World and saved in Christ by God to make a DIFFERENCE in this World. That is why we are the SALTS and LIGHTS of the World. True! (Matthew 5:13-16).
Therefore, if it is the WILL of GOD for you in 2017:
There will be a drive to SERVICE to humanity to you to bless you or
There will be a drive to SERVICE to humanity through you to bless others. True!
So, watch out! According to the Bible, Jesus Christ found FAVOUR with God and men. That will be you portion in 2017 in Jesus name. (Luke 2:52).
On a closing note, I will love to remind you that knowing and understanding that you are saved (recreated and regenerated) by God in Christ to manifest and reflect the WILL of GOD for your life and situations par time is a critical mindset you need to have as a genuine Christian to be passionately and persistently committed to God enough to make a DIFFERENCE in this World and to receive from Him as well. True!
Apostle Paul said thus:
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those which are before, I PRESS toward the mark for the PRIZE of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 3:13,14).
If I may ask you, what are you planning to go after in 2017?
Your own will or the WILL of GOD in Christ for you?
Other people's will for you or the WILL of GOD in Christ for you?
Think about this:
Be NOT deceived; God is NOT mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap. For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. (Galatians 6:7-10, take of verses 9 and 10).
Be WISE in 2017!
Be SMART in 2017!
2017...your NEXT LEVEL SUCCESS.
Don't miss it!
God bless you.
MODIBO GODWILL
Divine Destiny Messenger,
Author & Speaker
@The Purpose-costal Movement (TEPUM)
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